κληματίς
κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος → it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ, Dim. of κλῆμα,
A vine-branch, LXX De.32.32, Ph.1.612 (generally, branch, ib.527), Plu.2.527d, Philum.Ven.2.2: usu. in pl., brushwood, faggots, Ar.Th.728, 739, Th.7.53, Arist.HA550b9, Inscr.Delos338Aa 23, 24 (iii B.C.): collect. in sg., ib.38, 354.57 (iii B.C.), LXX Da.3.46. II periwinkle, Vinca herbacea, Dsc.4.7. 2 traveller's joy, Clematis Vitalba, ib.180, Gal.12.31. 3 prob. bearbind, Convolvulus arvensis, Plin.HN24.139.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1450] ίδος, ἡ, dim. zu κλῆμα, übh. kleiner Zweig, dünnes Holz; Ar. Thesm. 728; Thuc. 7, 53; Arist. H. A. 5, 18; vgl. Poll. 1, 109. – Auch ein Rankengewächs wie der Weinstock; Wintergrün, Diosc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κλημᾰτίς: -ίδος, ἡ, ὑποκορ. τοῦ κλῆμα· ἐν τῷ πληθ. ξύλα πρὸς καῦσιν, Ἀριστοφ. Θεσμ. 728, 740, Θουκ. 7. 53, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 5. 18, 10, κτλ. ΙΙ. φυτόν τι μὲ κληματοειδεῖς κλάδους, clematis, Διοσκ. 4. 7, Πλίν. 24. 89.
